The Insurance Council of Australia (ICA) has estimated insured losses from ex-Tropical Cyclone Alfred and flooding in North Queensland stand at north of A$1.2bn ($751mn). Cyclone Alfred – which formed ...

Dunes are often the first line of defence when powerful storms — like the one Cyclone Alfred delivered — batter our coastline. Years of built-up sand provide a natural buffer between coastal ...

For the millions of people in Tropical Cyclone Alfred's firing line, the flurry of preparation and activity this week has become an agonising waiting game. Alfred's slower-than-expected march ...

A tropical cyclone weakened to a tropical low weather system on Saturday as it approached Brisbane, Australia’s third-most populous city, bringing flooding rain to the coastal region.

Alfred ‒ called a cyclone, not a hurricane in that part of the world ‒ is taking aim Friday on Brisbane, Queensland's state capital. Brisbane was last hit by a cyclone more than half a ...

A tropical low forming off the coast of WA could turn into a tropical cyclone over the weekend. The tropical low is is set to ...

Residents of 7000 homes have been given just hours to evacuate, with Tropical Cyclone Alfred expected to bring major flooding ...

Millions of residents along Australia’s eastern coast are bracing for the arrival of a very slow-moving storm, the strongest tropical cyclone to threaten the region in more than 50 years.

Messages and images of fish gasping for air or already killed were sent to the fish habitat charity by locals overnight, likely caused by 'blackwater': oxygen-low flood runoff from Ex-Cyclone Alfred.

Australia's east coast braced on Wednesday for a tropical cyclone that is swirling towards Brisbane, the country's third-most populous city, as authorities warned thousands of properties were at ...

A severe tropical cyclone lashed northwestern Australia Friday with the strongest sustained winds the country has ever recorded, but officials said towns and cities appeared to have escaped the ...

Tropical 'Cyclone Alfred' is forecast to cross the Queensland state coast somewhere between the Sunshine Coast region and the city of Gold Coast to the south on March 8. Alfred is expected to ...